CVE-2020-27814
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CVE-2020-27814 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNG format files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or in some cases execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Uclouvain | Openjpeg | <= 1.5.1 |
| Uclouvain | Openjpeg | >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901998Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1283Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-29Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4882Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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